With an all-around stellar effort, the Cerritos College football team defeated Citrus College, 42-17, on homecoming night last Saturday.
“Tonight, we got our swagger back,” wide receiver Joshua Robbins said.
The Falcons suffered a loss in their last game against Chaffey in overtime.
They are now 4-2 overall and 1-1 in conference and will play Riverside College next Saturday at Riverside.
The four wins matches the total the Falcons had last season.
“The next half on the schedule will be difficult,” head coach Frank Mazzotta said. “We play Riverside and Mt. SAC and both have good programs.”
The Falcons were led on offense by quarterback Jeffery Fisher who had 272 yards passing and three touchdowns.
Defensively, linebacker David Flores, who had 12 tackles, led them.
The Falcons opened up the game by scoring the first 21 points and led at halftime, 28-3.
On their opening drive, the Falcons went 99 yards for the score culminating in a touchdown catch by wide receiver Sheldon Smith.
Smith finished the game four catches for 37 yards and two touchdowns.
Later in the first half defensive end Jeramey Cutler ran back an interception to put the Falcons up by 14 points.
“That was my first ever interception in my entire football career,” he said. “So that made it even sweeter.”
Cutler also punted twice and threw a pass off a fake punt for first down.
At the beginning of the second half, the Owls recovered an onside kick but failed to score.
The Falcons did not score in the third quarter and in the fourth, scored two more times to end the game with a 42-14 victory.
This was the first time all the players on the team have played a college homecoming game because last year’s game was cancelled due to fires that raged throughout Southern California.
“It was exciting to play this game tonight because it was my first taste of a college homecoming game,” defensive tackle Johnny Tivao said.
Even a coach with more than 31 years a Cerritos was excited about the homecoming game.
“We had a bunch of alumni here and it was great to see those guys again,” Mazzotta said. “That’s why these games are so exciting to coach.”
